Tone Building Exercises Long tones are brilliant for building your tone, embouchure strength and stamina. The following exercises can be played inall keys, Also tryto playthem over your whole range to give yourselfa great workout, 1.C Warmup x <—> =<a. Dynamics. Although this exercise looks really easy, itis a monster work: out for yourembouchure! Concentrate on making a very smooth transition from very soft (ppp) to veryloud(fff) and back over each long note. Use your metronome to measure your progress and make a note of the tempo you practiced at ineachsession, As with the previous exercises, work on this exercise over your ‘whole range and in different keys.Flexibility and technique exercises Exercise 1, ‘This example is in G major, but try this exercise over all your scales. Start slowly using your metronome and speed up ggadually while keeping your fingers reallyeven. The aim. here is to keep your fingers as even as possible. Remember to ‘keep your fingers close to the keys and your movements very efficient, Also, keep an even flow of air through your instru- ment to maintain aneven tone,